Taiichi Ohno

Something is wrong if workers do not look around each day, find things that are tedious or boring, and then rewrite the…

— Taiichi Ohno

Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.

— Taiichi Ohno

My first move as the manager of the machine shop was to introduce standardized work.

— Taiichi Ohno

And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value-added wastes.

— Taiichi Ohno

The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.

— Taiichi Ohno

I’m proud to be Japanese and I wanted my country to succeed. I believed my system was a way that could help…

— Taiichi Ohno

The key to the Toyota Way and what makes Toyota stand out is not any of the individual elements…But what is important…

— Taiichi Ohno

If you are going to do TPS you must do it all the way. You also need to change the way you…

— Taiichi Ohno

The slower but consistent tortoise causes less waste and is more desirable than the speedy hare that races ahead and then stops…

— Taiichi Ohno

We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.

— Taiichi Ohno

When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that…

— Taiichi Ohno

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.

— Taiichi Ohno

“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.”

— Taiichi Ohno

It takes great effort to follow the rules of a pull system ... thus a half-hearted introduction of a pull system brings…

— Taiichi Ohno

Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

— Taiichi Ohno

If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that…

— Taiichi Ohno

No goal, regardless of how small can be achieved without adequate training.

— Taiichi Ohno

Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

— Taiichi Ohno

Without standards, there can be no improvement.

— Taiichi Ohno

The only place that work and motion are the same thing is the zoo where people pay to see the animals move…

— Taiichi Ohno

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.

— Taiichi Ohno

All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point…

— Taiichi Ohno

Also, bad quality causes big disruptions in my river system.

— Taiichi Ohno

Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.

— Taiichi Ohno

Ask 'why' five times about every matter.

— Taiichi Ohno